Rosemary Collins
Features Editor
Rosemary Collins is the Features Editor for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.
Recent articles by Rosemary Collins
This week's top special offers and discounts for family historians
Get free access to billions of Australia and New Zealand family history records with our family history special offers roundup
The best genealogy courses available now
Discover how to learn family history skills with our pick of the best online and correspondence genealogy courses
"Historic moment" as Ireland's first census is opened to the public online
The long-awaited 1926 Irish census is now free to search online
What is a second cousin? Cousin relationships explained
Find out what a second cousin is, what people mean by 'removed' and how to work out cousin relationships with our chart
Is Miranda Priestly based on Anna Wintour? Maybe - but Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep are definitely related
Ahead of the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Ancestry has revealed a surprising connection between Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep
MPs call for apology to mothers who suffered ‘unimaginable trauma’ of forced adoption
The House of Commons Education Committee has published a new report into the practice of forced adoption
Will of pioneering 18th-century businesswoman is among millions of historic Yorkshire records now released online
Family history website Ancestry has digitised the Prerogative Court of York records
How to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
Margaret McGregor explains how to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills for family history research
When is Who Do You Think You Are? next on TV?
When is Who Do You Think You Are? next on TV, and who will appear on it? We answer your questions about the popular family history TV show
Toby Jones and Zoe Ball among celebs to uncover family secrets as new series of Who Do You Think You Are? offers "social history that brings us all together"
A new line-up of eight celebrities, including Toby Jones, Zoe Ball and Amy Dowden will trace their family history in the 2026 series of Who Do You Think You Are?
Your chance to save a historic newspaper for just £10
Historic Newspapers is selling off its 1910-1930 stock before removing it from circulation
Lucy Worsley investigates her family history in new podcast
Lucy Worsley will trace her grandmother's life in a new podcast from Findmypast
Four billion historic records are free to access for International Women’s Day
Ancestry is offering free access to record sets including census records, First World War pensions and old newspapers
“My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website
The Gemini LLM generated fake records and screenshots when Lyn James asked it for help tracing Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
What is Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time?
Professor Alice Roberts investigates the history of one of Britain's oldest hospitals in a new TV series
10 of the weirdest names in history
Some of the weirdest names we've found in family history records
Five million East Riding of Yorkshire family history records go online
Ancestry has added nearly five million parish records
6.5 million nonconformist records added to MyHeritage
MyHeritage has added two major new collections of nonconformist records
Ernie Wise and June Whitfield among celebrities in newly-opened WW2 records
Records of famous Brits are among those newly opened to the public on the 1939 Register
Long Lost Family: What is it, and when is it on TV?
When is the new series of Long Lost Family, and who are the people featured?
Over 100,000 Royal Navy WW2 casualty records go online
Findmypast has added over 150,000 Royal Navy records
TheGenealogist: Putting genealogy on the map
Discover the best website for locating your family – and don’t miss our exciting reader offer!
Titanic Sinks Tonight: What is it, when is it on TV and who are the characters?
BBC Two's new docudrama Titanic Sinks Tonight recreates the sinking of the Titanic
‘Britain’s first letter to Santa’ discovered
Old newspapers online reveal the long history of children's letters to Santa